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Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| IN the Senate on the 18th resolutions of
the Name Legislature in regard TO trade
relations with Canada were laid before
the Senate. Mr.. Edmunds presented the
conference report on the Utah POlygamy
bill in the shape of substitute for both
the Senate and House bills and it was
agreed to--37 to "A; it now goes to the
President The River and HarDor bill was
considered. .......I In the House, East Sag
inaw and Bay City, two rival towns
in Michigan, were the cause Of
personality and acrimony between sew
eral members, Federal court location be-
ing the basis for the same; East Saginaw
was knocked out by Bay City. The Sun
dry Civil Appropriations bill and pension
matters were discussed.
TIE Anti-Free-Pass bill has passed both
houses of the Arkansas Legislature.
TIE steamer Pat Mclaughlin capsized
at Memphis, Tenn, on the 18th, but no
lives were lost.
THE Missouri Senate on the 18th voted to
indefinitely postpone the Submission
resolution.
The murder case of Edward Unger in
New York was given to the jury late on
the evening of the 18th.
BEN BUTLER won the 100000 damage
suit brought against him by Lester, the
ex-Confederate gunmaker.
CATHOLIC church progress in Bulgaria
creates uneasiness at COnstantinople
The six Friendly Island natives who
recently attempted to kill Missionary Bak-
er have been executed.
GREAT destitution exists among the
homeless families at Lyons, Mich, who
have been rendered so by the recent
heavy floods.
1T Is intimated that State Comptroller
Chaplin of New York will be Mr.. Jordan's
successor as United States Treasurer
THE Canadian Pacific railway is badly
Blocked with snow, and west of Winnipeg
traffic is entirely suspended.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces the death of all passes on their
road in April
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN POwDERLY
of the Knights Of Labor says emphatically
that the order must not be dragged into
politics.
The Jecarilla Apaches have become dis
satisfied and are leaving their reservation
in Southern New Mexico IN large numbers
for their old reservation in Colorado, and |
trouble is expected. Two companies of
cavalry have been sent to them to head |
them off.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE BAUGHMAN and |
his wife were burned to death in their
dwelling, which took fire, at Dalton,
o., on the night Of tne 18th. The place
burned so quickly that the aged couple
were unable to escape.
A scAYDALoUs story is current in Cana
1a to the effect that a beautiful diamond
necklace, worn by the wife of Premier
is the price by which the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company pb.
tanned concessions worth S1,0O000O frbm
the government.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
a NATIONAL MONUMENT
Proposed Memorial Bridge Over the lo'o
mac in Honor of General Grant

pronosad Memorial Bridge Over the foto
mac in Honor of General Grant
WssH1yGroy. Feb. "A bill has DeeA
introduced in the Senate and House pro
vidino for the building of a grand memo,
rial bridge over the Potomac N houor u
General Grant. The scheme, OF COURSE,
is to have the United States Dullu UH'
bridge. and for this purpose the Dill ap-
,ronriates s5OOOOO for a beginning, DuI
the projectors admit that they can NOT
cav what would be the full cost OF lhe
bridge. Captain T. W. Symons, OF tns en-
gineer corps. has devoted himseH 10 Ihe
nroiect. and with the assistance oil MesorS'
smith Never and Peltz, architects, mas
prepared very attractive skeIch VI o 'no
nronosed structure. The roadway Oh Tue
aljdG9. sEqnfg.dg JsBp 99rEel On , Hs--5
line, from granite piers. The arch form
is adopted as being the most beautiful
and graceful and the most suitable to
the monumental character Of the bridge.
These arch spans vary in width, being "A
feet next the central towers and 12J feet
toward the shores. The arches will be
made of steel tubes after the manner OF
the great Eads bridge at St Louis. Monu-
mental character is given to the bridge
chiefly by its two central piers and the
towers arising therefrOm. The piers
will be 100 feet apart in the clear,
and between them is the draw span for
the passage Of sailing vessels. When
opened the leaves of this draw fold upward
and back into reCesses provided in the
towers in such manner as to mar in the
least possible degree the appearance and
effect of the towers. These two towers,
similar in general outline, rise from
the piers to a height. Of l65 feet
above the draw of the bridge and
230 feet above the water. They are to
be of granite, quarry-faced and mas
sive, intended to express, as far as posi-
Bile, in their general design, the character
of General Grant. The towers are pierced
for the roadway by an archway equal to 1t
in width and of properly proportional
height. From the bridge, therefore, these
towers will have the appearance Of tri-
umphal arches of magnificent proportions.
Above ard about these arches and
emplaced upon the towers are TO
be suitable allegOrical designs and in
scriptions. Provisions will be made also
for the empacement of memorial stones
or other objects which may be dedicated
for the purpose to the memory Of General
Grant or in commemoratiOn of the restora-
ton Of the Union by countries, States or
societies. Besides these principal towers,
smaller ones ere designed to be erected on
the other main piers of the bridge suitable
to accompany and lead up to the main
central features.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
A SHOCKING FATE.

Five Sons of One Family Cremated in Their
Burning Home a Heartrending Sight
for the Parents, Who Narrowly ESCAPED
Similar Fate.
MORRILLToN, Ark, Feb. 19.-From Mr..
j. 7. Bates, who arrived here from Rose
vile, Logan County, yesterday, the particu
lars of a horrible holocaust is learned
Roseville is small town located on
the Arkansas river about thirty-miles dis
tant from this place Mr.. Bates says tina!
at an early hour yesterday morning,
few miles from the above village, the
home Of man named Pendergrass
took fire from some unknown cause and
five Of his nine children were burned n
the flames before relief could b
rendered Mr.. Pendergrass and bis
wife got out Of the building Jus'
before it fell in and few moments
before the children were cremated
who's cries for help were heartrenderng
1t is supposed Mr. B. says, that all the
boys-all five were boys from ten 70
eighteen years Of age-left a candle
burning in their bedroom on reur
ing for the night, and that the 1r0
caught from the candle, and the
room being IN second-story, escape was
cut off. and that the children were forced
to behold their approaching emu
an end more terrible than words caA
plcture-fully aware that in rev.
brief moments life would be over WIN
them. The whole of Logan County, whlcL
joins this county, is said to be bowea
down with sorrow at the horrible tateo o'
the Pendergrass bows
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PROF. VIRCHOv made a violent Speecf
at Berlin on the 18th in opposition to the
Popes interference in German politics
and talked very plainly on the war issue
Mr. JAMES c. BARRETT was fatally and
Mrs Chas. P Harris seriously injured at
Rutland, Vt, on the evening of the 18th
while tobogganing. Mr.. Barrett was i'm
paled on large splintered board, while
Mrs Harris had long cash cut in her
thigh.
The American Institute of Mining En-
gineers was in session at Scranton, Pa,
on the 10Th, with nearly five hundred en-
gineers present. The citizens arranged to
give them grand banquet on the 18th.
NINETEEN stores at Portsmouth, N. H.,
were entered by burglars on the night of
the 18th, and out of the lot they only
secured fifty dollars in money and two
dollars worth Of goods.
THE telegraph messenger boys in New
York City are organizing sort Of Junior
Knights of Labor association.
A SENSATION has been precipitated at
Columbus, o., because of the rejection by
the Columbus Club of Hebrew applicants
for membership.
CONGRESS is asked to appropriate S32, 600,
to be incorporated in the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill, for the lighting of the
Bartholdi statue, on Liberty Island.
THE President has vetoed the bill ap
propriating $4,000 for the distribution Of
seeds to the drought-stricken counties of
Texas.
EX-CoNGREssMAN TALBOT, of Kentucky,
is in Washington endeavoring to secure
the Austrian mission.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany is suf-
fering from hoarseness and severe cold
generally.
A MAN calling himself John Cole,
supposed to be the fur thief rescued
at Ravenna, o., broke out of the Marietta
(O.) Jail on the night of the 18th, taking
the rest Of the prisoners with him.
BROKE & WINER, wholesale clothing
manufacturers, of Buffalo, N. Y, made an
assignment on the 10Th. Their liabilities
are estimated at over 100000.
THE snow sheds in Blue Canyon, New,
are reported to have collapsed under the
accumulations of snow and a nOw-plow
and seven engines are buried. Four en-
ployes Of the railway company are miss
ing.
THE Guion Line steamship Wisconsin
was discovered ashore fifteen miles east
of Fire Island, off the port Of New York,
on the morning Of the 10Th. The passen-
gers and mails were reported safe.
The Republicans made clean sweep in
the Philadelphia municipal elections.
THE President and Mrs Cleveland at
tended Mr.. Wilson Barrett's performance
of Hamlet at the National Theatre on
the evening Of the 10Th. Two superb
bouquets were sent to the box by Mr.. Bar
rett, and satin programmes, fringed with
bullion, were printed for the presidential
party. The occupants of the other boxes
were presented with similar programmes.
HoN. E. R. HoAR has resigned the presi-
dency of Harvard college.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
Trade Dollar RedemntlOn.

WASHINGTON. Feb 14.-The advocates Of
trade-dollar redemption believe that the
bill as passed by the House on Saturday
will eventually be adopted by the Senate
They assert that an actual canvass of the
Senate shows that a majority favors dis
posing of the trade-dollar question this
session, even if such action necessitates
yielding to the House. A majority of the
Senate finance committee would, how
ever, be opposed to the acceptance of the
House amendment. From this committee
the Senate conferees will, of course, be
chosen. One Of them, Senator Morrill,, will
undoubtedly be the chairman, and he Is
relied upon TO yield to the House amend
ment rather than leo ardize the bill.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
Miscellaneous Items.

There has been a good deal Of excite
ment lately at Pine Hill over the work Of
a gang of incendiaries who have infested
the city. A few nights ago a cotton gin
house was set on fire ard burned to the
ground, and subsequently the public
school house and one of the churches
were destroyed by fire. A sheriffs posse
started in search of the incendiaries and
found them some distance from the
town. They resisted arrest, and the pO.
lice opened fire on them, mOrtally wound
ing two. The other one of the party es.
capped.
It appears that many Of the counties are
in favor of the Game llw standing as it is,
while few wish it repealed.
Crittenden County recently sent the fol-
lowing prisoners to the penitiary: David
Rogers, Ed. Winfield, Andrew House and
Boney Rogers, larceny, one year each;
VIM Radway and George Coleman, mur-
der, fifteen years each; Joe BOwden, as.
sault to murder, eight years. Tho5. King,
same offense, four years
Steamboatng is good and the boats are
"making hay while the sun shines, meta
phorically speaking.
The local political cauldrons are begin.
ming to bubble all over the State, and
there is an appreciable improvement IN
the social manners Of those who are anx-
iOus to serve the dear people in the
various municipal capacities.
Premontions of spring are prevalent
Sheriff j. P. Hulsey of Clark County,
lodged four new convicts in the peniten-
tiary a few days ago Two were SEN
fenced four years each for horse-stealing
and two were sentenced three years each
for burglary and larceny.
The development of vast coal fields in
Arkansas is announced in every direction
Recent advices report that coal has been
and that the town of Morrill,
ton, Conway County, is built on an exten-
sive coal field.
The decree in the Churchill case is to be
modified to enable the sureties on the
second bond to pay into the State Treasury
direct.
The mineral resources of the State are !
RAPIDLY deveonlng,
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
A NEW THEORY.

Another Cause Stated for the Recent Nt'.
mont Central Disaster, Based Upon INV
Statements of an Observing Passehsep
BRoCToN, Mass, Feb. 1S.-Mr. Day"
Remillars. passenger in the recenu!
wrecked Central Vermont train, gives
new theory of the cause of the disaster
He says that just before the accident "
Cured, he was going from the smoker
a back car in company with the conducIo'
and that, as they reached the platform
the conductor said that the train was run
ming faster than it ought to, and reacn.'
up and pulled the signal cord. ms wa
followed by so sudden stacking OF spISs ~.
that Mr.. Remillars was thrown Oh .n, ID
feet, and instantly the rear cars le,V ~,
track. Mr.. Remillars is confident tnas
was the sudden slackening OF speed wv
caused the cars to rebound from the V'S.s
He saw the car next to the smoker w
away and topple over the bridge Inc 3ate.
portant bearing of Mr.. Remlllars s'st as.
ment lies in the alleged fact that ta9 as n,
nal was given before the cars lei.
rails, and was for the purpose ol r'O'
ing the speed Of the train.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
A Canadian scandeL

CHICAGO, Feb 1S-A Halifax ~
special TO the Nsws, says Sir John oOepnsd
president of the Canadian Paclnc M
presented Lady Macdonald, wife o. ,cs @
Canadian Premier, with a diamond I0I N,
lace two years ago. The opponents u n,
Government are dragging this lh" go,
political campaign, alleging that tn,9 n."if
the bribe by which the Canadian ra a'ar;
Railway Company obtained conces
worth 1000, 900 from the Governmens "a,
NJ. Mack, the Secession candlda'II Iorsl
Queens, at a public meeting aeUls sice b
that Lady Macdonald wore the Pr. a.
her shame around her neck" lnl'
tack upon the Premier's wife has cLes ,scls
sensation in political and social CIV"
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
RESIGN ED.
Secretary Manning and Treasurer Jordan
Formally Resign.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-Secretary Man
ming, after formally resigning his position
in the Cabinet yesterday, took an after
noon train for New York, intending to go
home for rest and recuperatiOn and on
private business. He was undecided as
to whether he would return to the de-
partment, but is scarcely expected to do
so. Ee left with the President his formal
letter of resignation, to which the Presi-
dent will reply. Assistant Secretary
Fairchild assumes the duties of fsecretary
and will continue to act, if Mr.. Manning
does not return, until Mr. Manning's sue
cessOr is nominated and confirmed.
Mr.. Jordan will continue as treasurer
until his successor is nominated-prob-
ably toward the end of the month. The
President is not supposed to have reached
a decision, but it is believed that Secretary
Manning has recommended the appoint
ment of Mr.. Fairchild as secretary and
Mr.. Graves as treasurer
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

THOMAS STEVENS, who has just finished
his ride around the world on an American
bicycle, arrived in New York on the even
ing of the 18th. He looked sunburned and
wiry. The bicycle record around the
world has been established by his trip at
two years and nine months.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

The Massachusetts Legislature has
adopted resolutions urging upon Congress
the appropriation of liberal sums for the
purpose of coast defense and for the
building of navy that will command the
confidence of our people and the respect
Of other nations.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

PRINCE ALEXANDER has received from
the officers of the first Bulgarian foot
regiment red velvet album with silver
and gold adornm ents containing the por-
traits of the donors. Prince Alexander
formerly was honorary colonel of the regi-
mpnt
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

TIE President has allowed the appro-
priation of 100000 year to provide arms
and equipments for the militia, to become
a law without his signature. The ron
stitutional limitation of ten days within
which he should have acted on this bill
expired on the 10Th.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT has gone on a
cruise with his new steam yact Alva, the
most beautiful and perfectly equipped
craft of the kind af oat. His family and
a number Of invited friends accompany
him. The yacht will touch at Bermuda
and then cruise in the West Indies.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

ANOTHER effort is being made to induce
the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to
recommend the release of Milton Weston,
the Chicago millionaire, convicted of man.
slaughter in connection with the gas-well
riot in Westmoreland County, Pa.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

CoNsULcGENERAL WALLER at London
has reported to the State Department
that of the 116 men comprising the United
States consular corps of Great Britain
and Ireland, only thirty-four are Ameri-
cans, the reason being that the compensa-
ton is so small.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

The Logan fund now amounts to $4,000.
This includes the $4,000 raised in Chica-
60. Captain Lemon says the balance re-
naming to Mrs. Logan, after the incum-
brances have been lifted from her Chicago
and Washington property, will be about
$4,000
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

The estimate in which Colonel Swift
ler's report on the industries, etc, of the
Southern States is held by Congress, may
be inferred from the fact that the House
of Representatives unanimously passed a
resolution authorizing the printing of 49,
900 additional copies, 10000 for the use of
the House and 5000 for the use of the Sen
ate, the estimated cost of which is IS, ,3S4. 80.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere

SUBMISSION gained victory in the MS
souri, House Of Representatives on the l3th.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

THE Government receipts for the frst
half of February amount to slS,5OO,OOO, an
average of over sl,OOO,OOO a day, The ex-
pendiiures have been unusually neavy,
the pension payments amounting to about
10000. 900
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

THE Austrian Government has nitro
arced a bill in the Reichsrath appropriat-
ing 1900. 900 forms for the equipment OF
the Landwehr and Landsturm.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

PHILADELPHIA mi1t officials on the 18TH
secnred a counterfeit $50 gold piece Of
1852. for which they have been searching
for many years.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

PRINCE HoHENLoHE has issued stirring
election manifesto to the voters Of Alsace-
Lorraine, holding up the horrors of posi-
BILE war with France to them in the event
of a government defeat at the polls in the
pending elections.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON, the second son
NJ prince Jerome Napoleon (Plon Plon)'
has asked permission OF accompanying
the Italian troops to Massowa
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

THE House of Representatives at WASH
ington listened on the 10th to eulogies on !.
the late Senator Logan, addresses Delng
made by prominent members On Oo'h
sides Of the House.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

Iris expected that St Louis viii soon
no without an organized militia, their dis
bandment being the result OF tne Leslsia-
ture's failure to pass the Militia Appro-
priation bill
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

A PUBLIC meeting at Leicester, England,
on the 18th, indorsed the free coinage ol
silver policy, and complimented a nunoeF 7
of United States Senators and members ol
Congress.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

IT is expected that call for s1O,00o,00O
three-per-cent bonds will be issued in a
few days, and that the entire three-per-
cent. loan, of which there is now about
s4O,0OO,0O0 outstanding, will be entirely
extnguished before the 1st of July.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

THE officials of the Amalgamated AS
sociation Of Iron and Steel WORKERS are
collecting data on which to predicate their
next scale Of wages, which promises 10 DC
higher than the present
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

MrcH interest is manifested in the trial
of John Dillon in Ireland, and II IS ihCi.
mated that the packing Of jury in oehai
of the crown will be met with the strong
est oDpOsition.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

AT all the Catholic churches in diocese
OF Wilmington, Del) on the 18th, the
pastors read the pronunciamento of Bishop
Curtis forbidding balls given with the in
tention Of raising money for religious pur-
poses, or the holding Of pcnics, fairs, ex-
curslons or entertainments of any kind
for the benefit of anything religious or
charitable without the approval and con-
sent of the bishop.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

SrRvEYoR LANCASTER Of the Port OF St'
Ionis wants $4,000 damages from the
Post Dispatch for alleged hoelous ut'er-
ances in the columns Of that paper.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

THE National Insurance Union helu i'S
semi.annual meeting at LOUISVILLE N.Y. On
the 18th.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch Of the l4th
says that China is masslng troops ooa In
Kashgar and Kuldja, and that 3O,COo
men are already assembled IN tho9e us
tricts.
Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

LATEST Berlin advices are not favorable
to prolonged continuance OF peace pc
.s,geteYa., ,EIranee and Germany, The uneasl-
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-11
The Nation.. trade.

The official returns of imports and
and exports for August explain to
some extent the difficulties suggested
by the preliminary Statements. As
was shown in the earlier accounts, a
large increase appears in ex 'orts OF
breadStutfs, OF cotton, Of petroleum
and OF provisions, but the minor ex-
ports were somewhat disappointing.
1t now appears that i great decrease
occurred in exports of refined sugar,
which were only 3.6G5.Sl6 pounds
in August, 1887, against 81
795 5,S0l pounds for the same
month in 1886. making difference OF
more than $l.l00,000 in that single
item. An important decrease also APP
pears in exports of leaf to 'acco, OF
which the decline in quantity was
about one-Quarter and in value 81 ,57o,-
900. A moderate decrease also APP
pears in many other small items,
while an increase of nearly 30 per
cent in exports of boards and over 90
per cent in exports of coal, though
relatively considerable, is in value not
very important.
The imports continue to present
the irregularities which have been
noticed in several recent statements
The summary given by the Bureau
of Statistics represents an increase
Of 81 800 900 in articles of food and
live animals. $1,000 900 in crude ma
terial. 81 $50 600 in partly manufdc-
tured materials, 81 100000 in manu-
ictured articles for consumption, and
ri 300 600 in articles OF voluntary use
and luxuries. But this classification
is unior unately uninstru' tive. Elk.
amining the report in detail, we find
that there were important changes
in many of the articles properly classed
as materials of manufacture. Thus q
decrease OF $77S, 900 appears in imports
of wool, or SO per cent; decrease OF
s244 900 in imports of raw rubber,
or q per cent, and decrease OF
$245, 900, or IA per cent in imports OF
oth-r hides than goatskins. On the
other hand the imports of goatskins
increased $22S,0 900, or 20 per cent; OF
guns $3.50 900, or 134 per cent; OF pa.
per stock otner than rags, $ll9 900; OF
raw silk $437 900, or nearly so per
cent; OF block tin $92 900; of dutiable
chemicals, sl34 ,009; OF fax and hemp
manufactured $413 900. or 56 per cent; ;
and of lumber $4,000. There is yet
omitted one OF the most important
classes: the imports of iron ore in
creased $3.50, 900. over 20 per cent; OF
pig and scrap iron and stee', $34S 900,
or 55 per cent, while imports OF man.
ufactured products of iron and steel
increased by 81 1,09l 900. In the az,
gregate the increase in iron and steel
alone was 81, III 900, or almost 80 per
cent.
While these figures indicate a
marked increase in the activity OF
some branches OF industry, and a not
less marked decrease in the activity OF
others, there is similar irregularity
in the imports of manufactured pro-
ducts. Thus, imports of silk dress
goods and ribbons decreased $232 900,
while imports OF other silk goods in
creased $499, 900. Imports Of cotton
manufacturers increased$ll8, 900, while
/ linens there is an increa.e Of $199, :
900: in burlaps, $142 900; in q ssware,
$204 900, and in earthenwaro, $y5, 900.